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High Plains Remains a Division as USSA Studies Jr. Nationals Qualification

Chelsea LittleMay 15, 2016

USSA CEO Tiger Shaw explains how the Cross Country Sport Committee unanimously voted to reaffiliate High Plains, while making a task force to examine some of the issues over the summer: "It was democratic, it went to committee, all the major players were there and had their say."

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USSA Ends Affiliation With High Plains Division; Western Leaders Ask Why

Chelsea LittleMay 7, 2016

Rebecca Watson, the board chair of the High Plains division, was surprised by an email saying that USSA was ending the affiliation agreement with the division - without warning or a probationary period to improve the weaknesses that USSA says it finds in Wyoming. Others on the Cross Country Committee, which is now set to discuss the topic at USSA Congress, said they were also surprised.